Have you ever found yourself falling down a rabbit hole of #vanlife videos, content shared by people who live out of vans and travel around the world, particularly the contiguous U.S.? They make for fascinating viewing, particularly seeing how people manage to fit their entire lives inside a relatively small space, while still having room to sleep and cook their meals.


Many vanlifers spend months preparing their vans for life on the road, but others take a more ad hoc approach. Like this person who parked their car in Orlando, for instance, only to immediately draw the attention of local law enforcement and passersby.


@rubberballsandliquor #vanlife ♬ "Sanford And Son" Theme (Street Beater Theme) - Sanford and Son


The vehicle, which is in desperate need of a wash, has been piled high with all sorts of miscellaneous ----, stacked precariously on top of the roof since there’s no room inside. It’s definitely worth playing a game of I Spy with the impressively large pile, but I managed to spot a ceiling fan, an outdoor lounge chair, a beach chair, a microwave, a bicycle and multiple desk chairs. Good to know that they definitely have seating options for wherever they go, assuming sitting in the car isn’t possible for some reason.


Commenters were simultaneously horrified and impressed. One person asked of the cops, “How u gonna ticket someone who figured out how to defy gravity?” while someone else said, “They should give this guy an award not a ticket!”


@hellofromimani Welcome to Orlando #car #junkoncar #houseoncar ♬ original sound - Imani


Thankfully, because this is the internet, there are multiple videos showing different points of view of the vehicle, allowing us to get a more complete picture of just how much stuff is piled atop the car. In the second video, taken from across the road, the officers can be seen talking to the driver, who somehow hasn’t been crushed underneath the weight of all of his worldly possessions.


Percy Hardy, the aforementioned driver, describes his hoard as “an art exhibit on top of my car,” and told the local Fox affiliate that he was proud of what he had built. Hardy lives in his van, and often hands out items to other unhoused people around Orlando. Unfortunately, after the police spoke to him about his exhibit, he was forced to surrender most of his possessions, which had been secured to the car using chains and bungee cords.


With all those chairs on hand, he should have tried staging a sit-in.